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There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.
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Archive Attribute Either Fortune Virtue
Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
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Arm Come Destroy Prophet Victorious
It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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Honest Honor Men Title
Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries – for heavy ones they cannot.
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Destroy Generous heavy Injury Men One Revenge Sight
I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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Interest Overthrow Preserve Status
Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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Dangerous Element Far Government More Other Prince Society
There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.
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Contempt Country Decay Religion See Sign Sure
Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
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Ambition Another Attack Men Other Secure Seek Themselves
Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
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Deception Immediate Incline Lack Men Obey Simple Victim
Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
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Fear Inspire Men Offend Shrink
God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.
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Away Belong Everything Glory God Share Take Willing
Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.
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Difficult Lack Love Safer Since Since Fear Together Two Must
For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against.
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Among Cause Contemptible Disarmed Disgraceful Ebit Guard Other Prince Render Thing
The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.
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Adapt Clash Demand Likewise One Policy Time
The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all.
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All Determine Inflict Injury Must Need New Once Ruler
It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope.
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Act Arrange Free Law Lay Men Necessity Presupoose Scope State Wickedness
A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man.
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First Man Principle Republic Return Simple Sometimes
Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.
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Commit Conquer Demolish Error Except Great Ruin Town
There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.
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Conduct Difficult Introduce More New Order Success Thing Uncertain
When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.
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Commerce Confidence Cowardice Distrust Either Hatred Offend People Show
Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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Achievement Anything Danger Great never Without
Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate.
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Destry Injure Men Merely Offend Ought Retailable Unable Vengeance
A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
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Against Do Faith Interest Keep Out Ruler Wise
War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans.
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Breath Constant Execute Executem Furnish Leisure Military Peace Plan Prince War Study
So that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.
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Does Either Fear Indulge Injury Ought Vengeance
Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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Dispatch Force Ofen Opportunity Rob Tardiness
But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.
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Ability Aquire Condemnation Cost Deserve Mistake More

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